Recycling

The Waste Education Cabin at Seafield Community Recycling Centre will be open from 11am to 3pm on Monday 17 October.

According to the Marine Conservation Society, Scotland had the highest average litter levels in the UK of six out of the seven sewage-related debris items: condoms, cotton bud sticks, nappies, tampons/tampon applicators, toilet fresheners, and sanitary towels/pantyliners/backing strips.

Enjoy a day out with the kids at our Education Cabin and:

Over 160,000 visitors are expected to attend the four-day annual trade show for those involved in the farming, food, and countryside sectors. Huge numbers of different classes of pigs, cows, horses, and other livestock are on parade as well as farm machinery and locally grown produce. There's also a broad range of events for the lay person, with culinary demos in the Food Hall being one of the big draws.

The Scotland Food & Drink Theatre at the Royal Highland Show will stage nine demonstration sessions daily over the four days of the show this year. The theme of the food and drink industry showcase, which is under the supervision of writer-broadcaster Wendy Barrie, is “A Celebration of Scotland”.

Being a port city Edinburgh has a thriving inland gull population. Gulls, and other urban foragers such as dogs, cats, foxes, and crows, often tear through thin rubbish bag-liners left for collection on city pavements in search of food scraps. Not only does food end up on the pavement but, with Edinburgh being a windy city, the rubbish is easily dispersed throughout the surrounding street.

The programme for 2012 has still to be announced but expect over 200 educational and interactive activities for the wee ones, and lectures and talks for older heads in 40 or so venues across town.

Edinburgh residents can now recycle plastic bottles and old batteries using the council's kerbside pick-up. From this Monday, 31 January, plastic bottles will be picked up from the red kerbside boxes while batteries will be picked up from the blue kerbside boxes for recycling.

It may not feel like Spring, but for gardeners the growing season is almost upon us. It means that garden waste collections become fortnightly from March. To mark the occasion the City of Edinburgh Council has been giving away free bags of compost made from recycled garden waste. The first giveaway was yesterday at Fox Covert Primary School in Corstorphine, with further compost give-aways planned today and later.

Edinburgh woke up to a city in white this morning (see photographs). Travellers had to reschedule plans, traffic delays were common, refuse pick-up stopped, schools and recycling centres were closed, and bus timetables knocked out.

The City of Edinburgh Council has won two Green Apple Awards for environmental projects. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at the House of Commons, Westminster on 17 November, when top winners will also have their chance to go to the next round and represent the UK in an event in Brussels - the European Business Awards for the Environment.

As of this morning (Monday 27 July), the City of Edinburgh Council has contracted an external company to collect the City's trade waste.

Real Nappy Week just ended in Scotland on the 3rd May. We're now into Compost Awareness Week (3-9 May), the ninth of its kind, as part of an ongoing drive to get people to recycle organic waste from their garden and kitchen into compost.

Scottish Environment week sees five days of popular eco-awareness raising events and green business orientated meet-ups.

The Scottish Government published its Climate Change Bill yesterday. The Bill lays out a legal framework for ambitious reductions of Scottish greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of 80% below 1990 levels* by 2050.

Edinburgh has been praised for its green credentials in a round-up of the world's most sustainable cities.

One aspect of living in a windy city such as Edinburgh is that disposable plastic bags are always on the loose.

The City of Edinburgh Council plans to start a kerbside pickup of food waste to boost the capital's recycling rate. Up to a quarter of Edinburgh's waste, that currently ends up in landfill, consists of biodegradable food waste.

Families and individuals wanting to learn how to turn kitchen scraps into rich, dark compost are invited to a free Compost Fun Day at Seafield Community Recycling Centre this Sunday.

Edinburgh City Council is hoping more Edinburgh residents will get the recycling habit when its brown bin garden waste collection scheme starts up again on 1 April 2008.